Boot and shoe pattern



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BOOT AND SHOE PATTERN. r No. 288,417.` Patented'Nov. 13, v1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. u MYEON J. EEREEN, or. s ToNEHAM, MAssA'oHUsErrs.

Boor AND SHOE PATTERN. Y*

`SPLEIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 288,417, dated November 13,` 1883. i i Application filed September 29, 1883. (No model.) ff

.To all whom it may concern: Y g Be it known that I, MYRON J. FERREN, of Stoneham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain Improvements in Boot and Shoe Patterns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to patterns used in cutting out parts of boot and shoe uppers. Such patterns are usually made of leatherboard, pasteboard, or other like material, and provided with a sheet-metal binding around their edges. When in use, thepattern is pressed down by one hand of the operator againsta piece of leather on a cutting board or table, while he moves the cutting-knife along the edges of the pattern with the other hand. The materials of which the pattern is made render it liablefto slip on the leather in consequence ofthe pressure of theknife against its edge,` or from other causes. When the pattern slips slightly and the. cutter continues to cut without readjustingf theppattermthe piece of leather isimproperly formed, and is in many casts rendered useless.

My invention consists in a boot or shoe pattern provided with frictional pads or bearingsurfaces adapted torest on the leather being cut and prevent the pattern from slipping accidentally during the cutting operation, as"l I will now proceed to describenV Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a plan view of a 'pattern `provided with my` improvement. Fig. 2 represents a section on line'x x, Fig. l.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures; u

In the drawings, a represents a pattern of the usual general construction, the same being composed of a piece of leather-board or other like material, and provided with a metallic binding, 2. l u

In carrying out my invention I provide the body of the pattern with one or more perforations, p, and `place in said perforations blocks or pads b, of yielding `rubber or other suitably frictional material. Said blocks project outwardly beyond thesides of the pattern, and constitute frictional bearingsurfaces` adapted to rest on the leather to be cut, and by their friction prevent the pattern from slipping thereon when the knife is bearing' foration in a compressed condition.

I do not limit myself to theuse of rubber as a frictional material, as any other material which has sufficient friction to accomplish the desired result may be used without departing from the spirit of my invention. ple, a pad or pads of chamois-leather may be secured to the pattern in any suitable manner. I prefer rubber, however, applied in the man- For exam` ner above set forth, as the best method of carrying my invention into effect of whichI am aware. It is obviousthatone or more pads or blocks may be employed.l l

I claim l. As an article of manufacture, a boot or l shoe pattern provided with one or more' frictional pads or bearing -surfaces adapted to rest on the material to be ent and prevent the pattern ,from slipping thereon, as set forth.

2. A boot or shoe pattern provided` with one or more perforations and with blocks of yielding rubber inserted in said perforations, and projecting outwardly beyond the sides of the pattern, so as to form frictional bearingsurfaces, as set forth. v In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specicatiomin the presence of two subscribing witnesses,`this 26th day of September, 1883.

MYRONJ. FERREN. Witnesses: e

C. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE. 

